MIRON: MIPv6 Route Optimization for NEMO

Network Mobility (NEMO) Basic Support Protocol enables mobile networks to change their point of attachment to the Internet, while preserving established sessions of the nodes within the mobile network. NEMO basic solution is an extension of Mobile IPv6 and it is based on tunnelling, which leads to suboptimal routing, packet overhead and latency, especially when nesting (i.e. a mobile network that contains other mobile networks within) is involved. In this article we present a route optimisation solution for mobile networks based on Mobile IPv6. The goal is to use the route optimisation support for Mobile IPv6 available in the Correspondent Nodes to provide route optimisation for mobile networks. The solution also supports nested mobile networks without requiring additional tunnelling, thus reducing packet overhead and latency with regard to Network Mobility basic solution